A little something about the Timberline

So while we are looking at brochure after brochure of Oregon deciding what to do with our day, we come across a little blurb about a ski lodge near the peak of Mt. Hood that was in the feature motion picture The Shinning, well well well, don't mind if I do!


A quick Google search confirms, yes it is open, yes it is an active ski lodge and yes you can visit.  Fun fact, the Timberline is also a historical landmark.

It smelled like Christmas in there.  All the exposed wood and carvings everywhere made for interesting sights.  Alas we forgot the still camera so I can not share some of the beautifully carved benches and banisters, but you can Google Timberline Lodge and see some great pictures.  Much better then my little digital camera could do justice.  The hotel staff were super friendly and I know that you can arrange tours, but with a four and six year old to keep entertained, we opted to pass on the tour.

There were many trails all over the mountain and the Pacific Crest Trail runs right to the lodge.  So naturally we had to walk on it for a bit.  But at 6,000 plus feet, the hike was short lived!  That's the other thing, here it is close to July 4th and there is snow on the ground.  The ski lifts were running and all day snowboarders and skiers were coming on and off the mountain.  The kids built a snowman and had a snow ball fight... in July!